Notes on Contributors

Derek Hook, Ph.D. is an associate professor of psychology at Duquesne University and Extraordinary Professor in Psychology at the University of Pretoria. A practitioner of psychoanalysis, his expertise is in the areas of Lacanian psychoanalysis, post-colonial theory, the psychology of racism and critical social psychology. Among his numerous publications, he is the author of Six Moments in Lacan (, Routledge), and co-editor with Sheldon George of Lacan and Race: Racism, Identity and Psychoanalytic Theory (: Routledge).

Steven Seidman, Ph.D. is a psychoanalyst, psychotherapist and sociologist in New York. He is the author of several articles and books, including “Man to Man: Reconsidering who or what men are-and why it matters,” “The Social Construction of Sexuality,” and Contested Knowledge: Social Theory Today (, John Wiley & Sons).

Lucille Spira, PhD, LCSW, NYSPP is is a member of the New York School for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis (NYSPP), and has given presentations on loneliness and literary works at NYSPP, APsaA, and Div. 39. She is Co-Chair for the Loneliness Discussion Group, APsaA, and has published in various psychoanalytic journals. She has also co-edited with A.K. Richards and A.A. Lynch Encounters with Loneliness: Only the Lonely , and is currently in private practice in New York.

Susanna Stephens, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist in private practice and an advanced candidate in Adult Psychoanalysis at IPTAR. She received her doctorate in clinical psychology from The Derner Institute for Advanced Psychological Studies at Adelphi University and was a fellow through the Rita Frankiel Memorial of the Melanie Klein Trust. Her work has been published in ROOM: A Sketchbook for Analytic Action.

Stijn Vanheule, Ph.D is a clinical psychologist, professor at Ghent University (Belgium), and psychoanalyst in private practice (New Lacanian School for Psychoanalysis and World Association of Psychoanalysis). He is the author of the books The Subject of